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title: was Lyma's whispering leaves thing actually real or nah — Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Sta… · tree and pragmatics
description: was Lyma's whispering leaves thing actually real or nah Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 4 · ★ · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

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was Lyma's whispering leaves thing actually real or nah

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, leave · **To what, where:** whispering, thing

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1193-pg3027-part59/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:t4:1
# text = was Lyma's whispering leaves thing actually real or nah
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	Lyma	Lyma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	whispering	whispering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
5	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
10	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Lyma's whispering |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | present |  | thing |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, a bird spoke to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:t4:o1:1
# text = No, a bird spoke to her
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | a bird |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the leaves rustled a warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, the leaves rustled a warning
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rustled	rustle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rustle** | past | the leaves | a warning |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location warning=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the leaves whispered her name and gave her a plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, the leaves whispered her name and gave her a plan
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the leaves | her name |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | past | the leaves *not said here* | a plan | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient plan=Theme |
| 3 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the leaves whispered her name, then told her what to do with the buckets and the reindeer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, the leaves whispered her name, then told her what to do with the buckets and the reindeer
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the leaves | her name |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the leaves *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the leaves *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the buckets | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 4 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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